 | Former Church Pastor Accused of Sexual Assault
The former pastor of a local church is in Benton County Jail accused of multiple counts of sexual assault, some of which may have occurred at the church.
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 | Lightning Sparks Fire at Arkadelphia Church
A lightning strike to an Arkadelphia church set it on fire Thursday morning. Witnesses report flames shooting 15 feet up into the air.
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 | Local Churches Provide 'Ashes to Go' for Ash Wednesday
For those who couldn't make it to church for Ash Wednesday, ashes and blessings came to the people.
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 | Stolen Pink Flamingos Returned Anonymously Overnight
A flock of flamingos stolen from a church youth group has been returned anonymously overnight.
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 | Legislature ready to tackle guns in church & drug testing
Monday, state leaders get back to work on new laws that could impact your life. Two big ones on the agenda this week: carrying guns in church and taking drug tests before getting unemployment benefits. 
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 | Church members play "Poor" Santa
Sunday, members of Riverview Church and New Horizon A.M.E. Church in North Little Rock played Santa.
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 | Local churches pray for shooting victims
Local churches are trying to offer a place of solace and comfort to those grieving.
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 | Mosaic Church buys old Kmart building
Sunday, a Little Rock church completed a journey more than six years in the making.
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 | Family Church in Bryant rebuilds
Sunday, the Family Church in Bryant celebrated the progress it has made since fire burned its youth center in September. The senior pastor tells us that despite the setback, the youth group has not skipped a beat.
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 | Special Report: Bishop Arnold's Fall From Grace
Two years ago, one of Arkansas' most respected preachers, Bishop Steven Arnold, hit rock bottom - because of an affair with the wife of a young couple he counseled at church.
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 | Church destroyed by tornado rebuilds
Sunday, members of Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church in North Little Rock celebrated service in their new sanctuary. A tornado destroyed their original sanctuary, built a century ago, in April of last year.
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 | Lightning caused Bryant church fire
The Bryant Fire Department tells FOX16 lightning started a fire that burned the Family Church TNT building Saturday night.
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 | UPDATE: Bryant church fire caused by lightning
The fire that burned down the Family Church in Bryant was caused by lightning, according to Bryant Fire Chief JP Jordan.
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| Fire engulfs part of Bryant church
Firefighters are investigating the cause of a blaze that fully engulfed the fellowship hall and administrative building at Family Church.
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 | MMA competition brings faith to cage fighting
Getting into an MMA cage takes a lot of courage, but Saturday night's event was about much more than just having enough faith in yourself.
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| Church celebrates "Be The Church Sunday"
Sunday, instead of going to church, members of Cornerstone Bible Fellowship Church in Sherwood became the church.
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 | Church holds fundraiser to rebuild storm-damaged building
The new Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church has four walls and roof, but nothing more.
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 | Memorial Day weekend display
It has become an annual tradition.
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 | Urban garden to feed hungry
Fellowship North Church members took their mission to the streets by helping to create a new urban farm to feed the hungry.
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| Pastors training to combat church violence
You don't have to look far to find incidents of violence in churches. A Cross County jury convicted a man last month for beating an elderly woman to death inside a church. Now area pastors are working on fighting back to try and protect their church members.
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| Pastor recruits voters at Easter Service
Pastor says Easter is a time many congregations experience an influx of members and visitors. So today is a good day to recruit members for church and the ballot box.
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| 3 churches vandalized in Lonoke County
Three churches in Lonoke County were vandalized last Saturday. All three churches are located along Highway 31 and had their windows or glass doors smashed.
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 | NLR city council rejects hillside cut proposal
A nearly two-year battle between a North Little Rock church and nine-hundred neighbors is over.
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 | Church grows from 4 members to nearly 40
Lighthouse Baptist Church in Benton faced uncertainty a year-and-a-half ago when its membership shrunk to four. Today, the church has nearly ten times the followers it had back then thanks to a recruitment campaign to get younger people to join.
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 | Largest AR United Methodist Church turns 100
Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church turns one hundred years old.
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 | Church pastor sentenced to prison for fraud
The former pastor of the First Pentecostal Church of Jonesboro was sentenced to 33 months in prison for bank fraud and failure to pay payroll tax.
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 | Church destroyed but memories stay standing
The church stood for more than 150 years, a century and a half.
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 | Church members await return of couple
Church members at Crosswalk Family of God are rejoicing that two of their fellow congregation members are safe after jumping from the cruise ship that wrecked off the coast of Italy.
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| Church plans to give away $100,000
To celebrate its 100th birthday, the First Assembly of God Church plans to give away $100,000 in grants to Central Arkansas service organizations.
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 | Thieves snatch away A/C units
If January and July switched temperatures, members at the First Pentecostal Church would more than likely be drenched.
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 | Radio station gives time to Westboro to avoid funeral protest
In an effort to prevent members of the Westboro Baptist Church from protesting at the funeral of Razorback football player Garrett Uekman, an Arkansas radio station has offered the group time on their airwaves.
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 | Worshippers gather in AR Day of Prayer
Saturday, Apostolic Church of North Little Rock hosted an event geared towards spiritual renewal.
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 | Fields of Faith draws thousands
More than 2,000 students joined together in Hot Springs Wednesday night for “Fields of Faith,” a Christian-based outreach movement. The event was held contemporaneously to 500 similar events across the nation.
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